| Amy Stewart, author of the New York Time's Best Seller Flower Confidential, has written another biological beauty of a book. Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities is an alphabetical exploration of exotic and local "wicked plants." Whether painful, deadly, destructive, or intoxicating, Stewart fearlessly dives into the curious history of dangerous plants. Read more: | |
| Books for Green Thumbs-Part 1:Wicked Plants Source: examiner.com | |
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Books for Green Thumbs-Part 1:Wicked Plants
Friday, June 26, 2009
Killer plants live among us
New book chronicles the bad seeds of the horticultural world
BY HOLLY HAYES • SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS • June 25, 2009
In her new book, "Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities" (Algonquin Books, $18.95), the Eureka, Calif., writer offers up more than 200 examples of botany's bad boys and girls, along with anecdotes that place the plants in the context of history, legend and science.
Stewart recently talked about the plant kingdom's "criminal element."
Read interview:
BY HOLLY HAYES • SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS • June 25, 2009
In her new book, "Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities" (Algonquin Books, $18.95), the Eureka, Calif., writer offers up more than 200 examples of botany's bad boys and girls, along with anecdotes that place the plants in the context of history, legend and science.
Stewart recently talked about the plant kingdom's "criminal element."
Read interview:
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